Sendmail's host status cacheing (HostStatusDirectory)

Hi, Is it just me and my Sendmail (the one in stable), or does it seem to cache rather aggressively the host status of other mail relays? We've got an intermediate SMTP relay that relays down to clients, and a client's SMTP server blew up and was repaired at 2pm, and at 5pm, our Sendmail was s

Using a DPT SmartRAID V controller under Linux

es is pretty non-existent. Has anyone been there, done that? Andrew Andrew Pollock Technical Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://staff.bit.net.au/apollock Brisbane Internet Technology Pty Ltd.

Small faux pas with LILO

on or can I recover from this boo boo? Andrew Andrew Pollock Technical Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://staff.bit.net.au/apollock Brisbane Internet Technology Pty Ltd.

RE: Small faux pas with LILO

> I've made this mistake too! > > LILO should have backed up the boot sector of /dev/hda1 to > /boot/boot.0301. So, this incantation of dd should get things back the > way they were: > dd if=/boot/boot.0301 of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 That is so cool. It fixed it good and proper. Thankyou so much

Setuid Perl script works on one slink box, doesn't work on the other

run the script, it barfs: Can't do setuid As soon as you try to run the script. Anyone got any bright ideas? Andrew Andrew Pollock Technical Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://staff.bit.net.au/apollock Brisbane Internet Technology Pty Ltd.

Checking quotas and the bootup process

for a particular reason (i.e. it's better not to be modifying the filesystem whilst it's running?). Andrew -------- Andrew Pollock Technical Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bit.net.au/ Phone: +61 7 3252 1600

Last attempt, Debian 2.2 with X, on a UltraSPARC 5, with a Type 6 keyboard

e I wanted nice looking X, I've got that but now it's unusable. I can't win. At least I get usable ugly X under Solaris). Andrew ------------ Andrew Pollock Systems Integrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.a

Purpose of shutdown and halt users

Hi, Is there any purpose for the shutdown and halt users? Is the intention there so that you can give operators an alternative means of shutting down a server other than giving them the root password? Thanks in advance Andrew Andrew Pollock Asia Online ABC Project [EMAIL PROTECTED]

php4-pgsql package

Hi, Anyone know what's happened to the php4-pgsql package in testing and unstable? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install php4-pgsql Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situatio

Biometric devices supported by Linux

Hi, Does anyone know of any biometric (fingerprint recognition systems in particular) that can be made to work under Linux? I've got in mind something USB based... I'm going through the motions of looking at the feasibility of making a Linux-based attendance tracking system that will use fingerp

Bus mastering and dual port ethernet

Hi, I bought an Intel PRO/100 S Dual Port Server adapter to put in my PC. (This is supported by Linux isn't it?) and chucked it in my PC, and got lovely stuff like this when I booted up: eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xffc0, check settings before activating this device! eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10

ADSL problem with large packets

Hi, I just got ADSL running on my home network with a Debian gateway (two ethernet cards). I think I've got an MTU problem. Large transfers just don't work, but I can make an SSH connection out (for example) and pinging and the likes works. I've got pty "pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -m 1412" and mtu 141

Re: ADSL problem with large packets

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hi, > > I just got ADSL running on my home network with a Debian gateway (two ethernet > cards). > > I think I've got an MTU problem. Large transfers just don't work, but I can > make > an SSH connection out (for

Looking for a wireless ethernet solution...

Hi, I'm looking for a wireless ethernet solution for my home network. I've got: 1 Linux box with two ethernet interfaces as my DSL gateway. 1 Windoze PC 1 Laptop (Windoze/Debian) I currently have the Linux gateway connected to hub and the Windoze PC and laptop go into the hub. Ideally, I'm aft

Anyone else having problems with file uploads and PHP4?

Hi, Sometime after an upgrade, file uploads seem to have died with PHP4 (for me). Is anyone else having problems? I've upgraded all the way to 4.1-2 to try and shake the problem without success. The configuration file has the option switched on. Just wondering if it's "me" or PHP in general...

Apache dies on SIGUSR1 and SIGHUP

Hi, I'm running Apache 1.3.9-13.2 (is this a security update? It's not in stable, 13.1 is) and every time I do a "apachectl graceful" (send a USR1 signal) it just dies. Come to think of it, an "apachectl restart" kills it dead too... Even in debug mode, all it says is: [Thu Apr 12 22:42:15 2001]

Re: OpenSSH: How to do RhostsRSAAuthentication?

Hi, I've only got experience with SSH1, but I believe the process to be the same with SSH2. You've pretty much done everything right except you have to add the public identity you generated with ssh-keygen into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the box you want to SSH into with no password. I think you a

Differences between distros in different architectures

Hi, Is it normal for the same distro (in this case, woody) on different architectures (in this case, i386 and SPARC) to be different? I got caught out rather severely today when I installed the sendmail package from woody on a SPARC box, and then on an i386 box. On the SPARC box, sendmail 8.11.3

unable to write /var/run/sendmail/sendmail.pid: Permission denied

I get this everytime I start Sendmail, yet ls -ld /var/run/sendmail drwxr-s---2 mail mail 4096 May 2 16:17 /var/run/sendmail What am I doing wrong? I'm running 8.11.3+8.12.0.Beta7-3 Andrew

Re: ReiserFS + 2.4.4

On Wed, 2 May 2001, Oki DZ wrote: > William Leese wrote: > > oh, i didn't backup /proc and /tmp because tar spewed out a few error > > messages. but from what i can recall /proc is created by the kernel(?) and > > for /tmp the directory just needs to be recreated, correct? > > You'd need to recre

Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

Hi, I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev because I think I read somewhere that that was a good way to go security-wise. It seems that some package related configuration stuff writes temporary scripts into /tmp, which then don't run because /tmp's mounted noexec Should perhaps such script

Re: Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:37:23PM +1000, Andrew Pollock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev because I think I read > > somewhere > > that that was a

SSL support for Sendmail

Hi, There doesn't appear to be a separate package for Sendmail that has SSL support, and I presume the standard Sendmail package doesn't have it, is that correct? Is it possible to do SSL'ed Sendmail easily with Debian (like for example, it is with IMAPS) Andrew

Troubleshooting sensible-mda

Hi, I've got some messages sitting in my mail queue that are deferred, with this message: local mailer (/usr/lib/sm.bin/sensible-mda) exited with EX_TEMPFAIL I'm not really sure how to troubleshoot the sensible-mda program, and therefore can't work out where the problem might be. I'm using a bu

sendmail and disk quotas (was Re: Troubleshooting sensible-mda)

On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hi, > > I've got some messages sitting in my mail queue that are deferred, with this > message: > > local mailer (/usr/lib/sm.bin/sensible-mda) exited with EX_TEMPFAIL > > I'm not really sure how to troubles

Recpmmended Sendmail resources?

Is it just me, or does sendmail.org really suck? Especially in terms of up to date information? I can think of a few questions that I can never seem to easily find the answer to, like: how to change the banner that Sendmail spits out how to make it listen on only one interface how to disable the

Good mail management techniques?

Hi, I'm just wondering how people manage their email... I've basically got a .procmailrc happening, which shoves each mailing list into it's own file in my home directory, and Pine, IMAP (via Webmail) accesses it all nicely. I have looked at Mutt, but being a Pine weeny it freaks me out everytime

Samba problem with user level share permissions under Windoze

Hi, I'm trying to configure a Windoze 98 PC on my home network to use user level share permissions instead of share level permissions, and when I go to add users to a particular share, Windows barfs: You cannot view the list of users at this time. Please try again. and I get: [2001/09/03 14:21:

Sendmail trusted users

Hi, I'm using JAWmail and it calls sendmail directly with the -f option when sending mail. I've added www-data to /etc/mail/trusted-users but still sendmail complains about the -f option. I'm wondering if Sendmail doesn't like usernames with hypens in them? I'm running Sendmail 8.12.0.Beta7 And

Re: Sendmail trusted users

On 05.09.2001 at 23:43:10, Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you `/etc/init.d/sendmail restart` after editing the file ? > > Any non-DB file update requires a restart I'm *sure* I've restarted it several times, but for the heck of it I've killed it dead and started from scratch.

Re: Sendmail trusted users

On 06.09.2001 at 02:50:23, Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed, it does... > > Do you have > FEATURE(`use_ct_file')dnl # trusted-users > in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc ? Yup. and in sendmail.cf: Ft/etc/mail/trusted-users %[^\#] Troot Tdaemon Andrew

ide-smart and proactive drive monitoring

Hi, It just crossed me as being a good idea (tm) to monitor my hard drives in case of imminent failure, and sure enough the ide-smart package exists. Cool. One problem, I have no idea how to read the output: daedalus:/usr/doc/ide-smart# ide-smart /dev/hda Id= 1, Status=41 {PreFailure , OffLine},

Re: ide-smart and proactive drive monitoring

x0010 100 253 000 regards Andrew On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hi, > > It just crossed me as being a good idea (tm) to monitor my hard drives in case > of imminent failure, and sure enough the ide-smart package exists. Cool. One > problem, I

Anyone played with Festival?

Hi, I had a bit of a play with Festival on my laptop today. I've got it working (or talking as the case may be) but I wanted to try and get the client/server mode part of it working, as the delay in initializing was annoying me. The server starts fine, but whenever I try to connect to port 1314,

ReiserFS revisited

Hey, I'm soon to redo my home ADSL gateway/firewall/muckaround box and wanted to toy with ReiserFS. What's the status of ReiserFS Debian bootdisks? Where's the latest greatest unofficial ones obtainable from? There's some dated stuff on Debian Planet saying that it's still a bit dodgey, but I do

/etc/resolv.conf disappears on reboot

Hi, I've got a Debian SPARC box that was initially setup to use DHCP, but now has a statically assigned IP address, and every time it boots, it wipes out /etc/resolv.conf I've been unable to track down what's doing it. Are there any other DHCP settings hanging around that might be doing it? Andr

Re: /etc/resolv.conf disappears on reboot

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a Debian SPARC box that was initially setup to use DHCP, but now > has a statically assigned IP address, and every time it boots, it wipes > out /etc/resolv.conf > > I've been unable to track down what&

Setting the time with Samba

Hi, I was being lazy, and was going to sync the time on my Windoze box against my Linux box, using the "net time" command from a DOS box. Here's what happened: C:\WINDOWS>net time \\caesar Current time at \\CAESAR is 5-26-2001 2:53A.M. The command was completed successfully. But on my Linux box

Re: Setting the time with Samba

to try this in your netlogon batch file.. > > net use \\samba /set /y > > Hope this helps... > Mike > - Original Message - > From: "Andrew Pollock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 12:58 AM > Subject: Setting the

/etc/mail/nsswitch.conf (and /etc/mail/service.switch*)

Are these used by sendmail or are they there for demonstration purposes? I'm running 8.11.3+8.12.0.Beta7-8, and it's doing some kooky stuff with respect to DNS resolution and mail delivery. It's swearing black and blue that a domain isn't resolving so it's queuing it, but I can resolve it by hand.

Re: /etc/mail/nsswitch.conf (and /etc/mail/service.switch*)

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Richard A Nelson wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote: > > > Subject: /etc/mail/nsswitch.conf (and /etc/mail/service.switch*) > > > > Are these used by sendmail or are they there for demonstration purposes? > > They are in

apache: dl-close.c:119: _dl_close: Assertion `new_opencount[0] == 0' failed.

I added a new virtual webserver to Apache today and restarted it, and now it won't start, just barfs this out. Even when I back out the config changes I made :-( Any ideas why it's happening? I'm running 1.3.19-1 from unstable. Andrew

Re: ls nitpick

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:31:41PM -0500, Russ Schneider wrote: > When you do an ls on Debian, you see something like the following: > file1 file2 file3 dir1 > dir2 file4 > > etc. > > When you do the same on Mandrake, you get > file1 file2 file3 dir1/ > dir2/ file4 > > You see how there

Re: MMap ran out of room

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 08:53:13PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:51:56PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > # echo 'APT::Cache-Limit "25165824";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf > > > Hi list, > it seems that random newbies come across this. And it seems like a > simple fix to set

Woody with ext3, 2.4 kernel + custom install questions

Hi, I've been given the opportunity at my place of work (which is currently a Mandrake shop) to tout Debian. I was intending to use Woody, and have created the 8 CD's. I work for a managed security provider, and one of the reasons that they are using Mandrake over the likes of Red Hat is because

Re: Woody with ext3, 2.4 kernel + custom install questions

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin Andrew Pollock quotation: > > > > I work for a managed security provider, and one of the reasons that they > > are using Mandrake over the likes of Red Hat is because of the control > > Mandrake allows over what get

Sendmail: How to get at the envelope in Procmail?

Hi, I've got a setup whereby I've got an entire subdomain being directed at one mailbox (using a virtusertable). I'd like the procmail recipe in that mailbox to be able to access the intended recipient, which may not necessarily be what's in the "To:" header. Can anyone offer any suggestions on h

Re: Sendmail: How to get at the envelope in Procmail?

On Tue, 14 May 2002, Carel Fellinger wrote: > I'm not sure I understand the setup, so I may be way off here. > > The best solution is to have your IPS (or who ever fills that mailbox) > add a Delivered-To header with the envelop To header. It's my mail server, so I control it. Your suggestion so

Pentium optimised vs not

Hi, I'm working in what is a Mandrake shop, but relatively open minded about Debian. I'm already making inroads into getting Debian used as the distro of choice for infrastructure boxes. Thanks to FAI. Nice work Thomas. Mandrake alledgedly compile all their binaries with Pentium optimisation. I w

"Debian way" for permanent static routes?

Hi, What's the "Debian way" of having static routes added when an (ethernet) interface comes up, every time? Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bringing up an interface without an IP address

Hi, I have a requirement for an IDS, that the interface it listens on be up, and in promiscuous mode without an IP address assigned to it. I'm trying to work out how best to achieve this, preferably, doing it "the Debian way". >From reading interfaces(5) there appears to be no way to directly sti

Satisfying dependencies on virtual packages

Hi, I'm wondering how APT satisfies the dependencies a package has on a virtual package. (Specially, the netsaint package depends on httpd). On a box I was installing that had no package installed that provided httpd, APT chose to install the aolserver server package, and I'm wondering why of the